1TV: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has asked International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate murders of journalists and media workers in Afghanistan since March 2020, involving 11 deaths. It said that such murders could be regarded as war crimes. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Kabul Royal on Wednesday were crowned the champions of the Kabul Women’s Football League after winning all six matches in the tournament and not giving up a single goal. The league competition kicked-off two months ago with 36 matches between eight teams from Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 1,118 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,046 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 75,144, the total number of reported deaths is 3,034, and the total number of recoveries is 57,963.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 1, 2021 NATO’s foreign and defense ministers are meeting on June 1 to plan the bloc’s first summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and discuss the winding down of the operation in Afghanistan after two decades of war. The ministers are discussing a statement being drafted for the June 14
1TV: Afghan women’s rights advocate and peace negotiator, Fawzia Koofi, has been named as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders of 2021 by Fortune magazine. Koofi, a former member of parliament, has been at the table with Taliban representatives since September 2020, pushing for an end to the decades-long war between Afghanistan and the
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,045 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 3,614 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 74,026, the total number of reported deaths is 3,007, and the total number of recoveries is 57,742. Click here to read